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The conversion of monoculture rubber ( Hevea brasiliensis ) plantations into rubber-based agroforestry systems has become a common trend in forestry management in the past few decades. Rubber– Flemingia macrophylla  (a leguminous shrub) systems are popular in southwestern China’s Xishuangbanna region. The biogeochemical cycles of soil carbon and nitrogen in forests are mainly affected by their fractions. This study investigated the effect of introducing  Flemingia macrophylla  to rubber plantations of different ages on soil carbon and nitrogen fractions. The experimental treatments included R1 (young rubber plantation), RF1 (young rubber– Flemingia macrophylla  system), R2 (mature rubber plantation) and RF2 (mature rubber– Flemingia macrophylla  system). The results showed that the introduction of  Flemingia macrophylla  to rubber plantations of different ages significantly changed soil carbon and nitrogen fractions, improved soil labile organic carbon and nitrogen contents, and ameliorated soil environments. The average soil microbial biomass organic carbon, nitrogen and nitrate-nitrogen in the 0–10 cm soil layer during the experimental period was 38.9%, 55.5%, and 214.7% higher in RF1 than R1, respectively, and 22.1%, 22.2%, and 652.2% higher in RF2 than R2, respectively. Therefore,  Flemingia macrophylla  can be used as an alternative interplanted tree species within rubber plantations in similar environments of southeastern Asia.

Introduction of a leguminous shrub to a rubber plantation changed the soil carbon and nitrogen fractions and ameliorated soil environments